I found out that the links across the top can cause you to need to log in extra times. These ones:

I made those links to make it easier to jump around. Unfortunately the ones that come with the system know who you are, but my links don't know who you are unless you logged during the same session and your cookies haven't expired, etc.

Short story is, I took them down until I can figure out how to make them work exactly like the ones that come with the board.